defining

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We’re bringing you profiles of the political figures reshaping their parties and defining the choices Americans confront in the 2026 midterm elections.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Yet audiences in the thousands were turning up nightly to see Gibbard reanimate the peak-millennial classics that made him one of indie rock’s defining stars.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

“Compressing the sensor-to-shooter cycle is the defining trend of this war at the tactical level,” said Franz-Stefan Gady, a military analyst and founder of defense advisory firm Gady Consulting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The overall destruction, paired with the collapse of a major alliance, made 2025 a defining year for the game.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Despite their many differences, all human species share several defining characteristics.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari